Azure is the first Microsoft solution to be available as a preview from Microsoft datacenters in Toronto and Quebec City. General availability is scheduled for Q2, with Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online to follow shortly after that.
Cloud
Cloud, Storage, Virtualization
Pure Storage unveils FlashBlade all-flash platform for petabyte-scale unstructured data
by Mark Cox •
Cloud, Software
Appcito adds Nutanix as partner in push beyond the public cloud
by Mark Cox •
Cloud, Unified Communications
Avaya creates new company, Zang, with cloud communication and app-as-a-service platform
by Mark Cox •
Mo Nezarati, the founder and CEO of Richmond Hill ON-based Esna, which Avaya acquired last year, has been named the GM of Zang, which was created as a separate company because its business model is radically different from Avaya’s. There will be channel opportunities though, and Zang is developing a channel program.
Cloud, Data Centre, Storage
NetApp CEO says new tech trends aid NetApp
by Mark Cox •
Cloud
ZeroStack zero-touch private cloud hits general availability
by Mark Cox •
ZeroStack technology significantly reduces both private cloud deployment time and costs as well as the cost of operations by putting the user work flows and operations in the cloud, while the infrastructure and software to manage it are on prem. They are also selling entirely through channel partners.